> Hence, I propose to make this a rule for future releases that all bundles > should have this manifest header, where the value should be identical to > the value of Bundle-SymbolicName.
+1 and +1 for having PDE support (https://bugs.eclipse.org/525660). Dani From: Stephan Herrmann <[email protected]> To: Cross project issues <[email protected]> Date: 05.10.2017 23:10 Subject: [cross-project-issues-dev] Eclipse plug-ins as automatic modules in Java 9? Sent by: [email protected] Hi, I just noticed by chance that none of the artifacts we are producing are consumable as "automatic modules" in Java 9 speak. The reason is: JPMS defines an algorithm how names for automatic modules are derived from the jar file name. Unfortunately, the spec expects any version to be separated from the name by "-", whereas our files use "_". As a result a jar file like org.eclipse.equinox.common_3.9.0.v20170207.jar is interpreted as an automatic module named org.eclipse.equinox.common.3.9.0.v20170207 (cutting off the version fails, then "_" is converted to "."). Since that module name is not a legal Java identifier, the given jar file cannot be referenced in any "requires" clause of a Java 9 module. While all this is very unfortunate, Java 9 provides a means for a systematic solution: adding an Automatic-Module-Name header to MANIFEST.MF. Hence, I propose to make this a rule for future releases that all bundles should have this manifest header, where the value should be identical to the value of Bundle-SymbolicName. There may not yet be any consumers of Eclipse plug-ins as Java 9 modules, but as we know that several of our artifacts are being consumed outside OSGi, I am sure that clients will expect our artifacts to be consumable as Java 9 modules sooner or later. And then a general solution looks cleaner to me then doing this for selected artifacts only. best, Stephan Reference for naming of automatic modules: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cr.openjdk.java.net_-7Emr_jigsaw_spec_api_java_lang_module_ModuleFinder.html-23of-2Djava.nio.file.Path...-2D&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=1UITCR5rxUZHSFczvfaNFK4ymEbEiccRX7VKchpqz0Y&m=FWDhRdiRFAyj2GifD6YtSPozyA79w_jtZw9lzRvzXmQ&s=XcH8c6YPP7EckLYSnqp6AdGT8fQ934MzrpR0aoghrPg&e= _______________________________________________ cross-project-issues-dev mailing list [email protected] To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from this list, visit https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__dev.eclipse.org_mailman_listinfo_cross-2Dproject-2Dissues-2Ddev&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=1UITCR5rxUZHSFczvfaNFK4ymEbEiccRX7VKchpqz0Y&m=FWDhRdiRFAyj2GifD6YtSPozyA79w_jtZw9lzRvzXmQ&s=TUeYYSzSWs-W0BoYl-4_ccfQ3dBF8gLi1SzDLrNvedo&e=
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